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Superb historian and videos, thanks for sharing. I used to live in that terrace that overlooked the colliery at Senghenydd, it was a massive sawmill then and a massive site. That's gone now too. Oddly enough, I now overlook the Cambrian Colliery site which you also mentioned in the garden

I went to Pontypridd Technical College during the late 80s, and we were explicitly warned to steer clear of the tin works. As it also happens, I use to live in Tongwynlais as a child. Amazing videos - subbed.

Hi Bob i don't make videos but i find it very interesting what can be done. How's the drone project coming along thanks again Bob.

Well thanks for that Bob I don't have any use for Artificial Intelligence and don't know anything about ChatGPT. On the train to Pontypridd tomorrow (back on the bus because of the works) and please get back to the historical railway reports.

Very interesting Bob, sometimes I might use AI to help with ideas on Thumbnail writing ot the title

Very interesting, Bob. I wasn't aware of this, but I don't do so many uploads these days and part of the fun is thinking up tags. Still, it's food for thought and might increase the hits on some of my older videos.

Well explained, Bob 👍

absolutely beautiful piece of work, i live in six bells, my grand father, first took me underground, when i was 12 in 1984, to real mine, a live mine, not a museum like big pit. The speed of the bond, was terrifying, open sides, and a plunge into water at the bottom, where it had been raining. we stepped out at pit bottom. and the eerie feeling as the wind rushed through, as a banksman opened the door. there was a first aid office to the left all painted white, stark contrast, to the complete blackness and the concrete road, that lead in to the distance.... all ny uncles, grand fathers, father, all suffered dust on the lung, i was so glad when the shut the mine and i never had to start, when i was 16

dont forget the Roman hot springs in taffs as well :) like the one in Bath

the abandoned level, ties up with taffs well quarry. iron ore was mined from taffs, for shot, during in the naplionic wars. around the rim of taffs well quarry, are the original drillings from around 1790 onwards,

you gotta do the brynmawr to abergavenny mountain tunnels and cutting. if you fancy a stroll one day and a camera man, I'm game. only 1 mile away and 5000 subs across my channels, I'll share your vids :)

your gonna have to do the most around the castle as well :) along with upper n lower dock street in Newport :)

onle local subscriber, joined :)

wow, passed that a million times and never knew that was there!

great video young man, I can remember them, pulling it down

What a fascinating video, it's amazing how it all disappeared. Thanks for sharing

"Could it be done?" Simple question and the answer is always yes, but. There is always a balance between need and cost. If the need is great then money can generally be found, eventually. If the need is not great then there is no chance and that's about it really. So I guess the question here "is the need great or not?"

As a relative newcomer to Cardiff with an interest in local history, I recently found out about this line and spotted the old bridge sides on Penylan hill. This video is exactly what I was looking for, thank you for showing the old photos and walking the route.

With any of these proposals it all depends on potential traffic. It's the same with connecting Aber to Carmarthen, is there enough traffic? I doubt it and the suggestion of an 80 minute journey really is pie in the sky.

Great video. I have lived in Penarth for about 25 years and it's good to see a little bit of the history. I lived here for quite a while before I knew those buildings were the Old Dock railway.

Hi Bob, that was a gem!! Well done, all the best!!

awesome stuff bob what an interesting find btw the things you called piers are actually abutments, great find though

If all those old railway lines, the M4 and the interchange could be built in that area, then so could a connection from Coryton to Radyr. Where there's a will there's a way.

thanks bob

An alternative route could be branching off cutting south of arched bridge, running along south of longwood road only cross over near its junction with industrial estate.

The amazing photograph and you standing their, i could sense time was reaching out to pat you on the shoulder. They built stuff to last, a legacy to the people of those times. I am looking forward to watching your videos.

Small, but perfectly formed Bob.

Right down my street! I used to walk the cycle track with my mum loads when I was a kid. You can spot old rail sleepers amongst the undergrowth on the sidings which was great fun for a train loving toddler :) (or used to be able to, almost definitely grown a lot in the past decade+)

Thanks for the update!

Nice update, great to see a photo of the bridge😀

There is one at LLanfoist near Abergavenny that still goes over the canal . That went from Blaenavon to Hereford . A distance of over 23 miles that was horse drawn tram way .

Fascinating video Bob I liked the photograph at 3:37 Showing the bridge and the Stop Signals one of which has been cleared, thank you for making it.

Nice update Bob, great to see the actual bridge thanks.

Just found these shorts. Absolutely brilliant

On the South Wales valleys channel there is a 4 min video of a train going over the viaduct. I am not connected with that channel, just thought it might be interesting

Wasn't the new Cardiff metro going to re-add this line or did they can it?

I remember them building the NEW Hafodrynys colliery 😳 giving my age away😂

Another great video. A wonderful combination of local and social history.

In Llwnypia there are terraces of house climbing the hill which were built for the miners. None of these houses had baths so at the top of the hill in a field opposite them are large concrete foundations with rusted pipes sticking out of them. This Was the bath-house for them.

I remember on Paul Merton's 'Who Do You Think You Are?' him finding out that his Great Grandad (I think) drowned in the canal in Cardiff.

Super Sausage Truckers overnight stop next to Semilong spencer Bridge Road. That was a Slipper bath. I remember it as a kid.

Thanks Bob. What about something on the street urinals around the south Wales valleys. I find them very Od!

Absolutely loved this! Really nicely presented too! Thank you!

I eventually accessed your visual-story, Bob. Thank you, so much. Very interesting. Originally, Cardiff was supposed to host the 1946 EMPIRE GAMES.

'The Baths and Wash Houses Historical Archive' web site might be of interest

A fascinating video, Bob. Interestingly enough, Penarth Baths, on the Esplanade, near the Pier Pavilion, had two swimming baths and also at least two slipper baths, on the left, just as one went in at the front door. I knew the couple who managed the baths in the early 70s, and they said, at the time, that they had regular customers at that time, for the baths. The architecture of Penarth Baths also has a certain Turkish style too.

Thanks Bob, brought back many memories of spending many hours at Guildford Crescent Baths in the 1960’s. Tuesday night YMCA club in the mens's pool, and Friday night with Cardiff Otters Swimming club in the mixed pool. Also the County Scouts gala heats were held in Guildford with the finals held the following week at the Empire Pool, these went on until circa 1980. I think the final nail in the coffin for Guildford was the opening of leisure centre pools across Cardiff, which came with slides and wave machines.

Always prefered Guildford crescent to the Empire as a kid, always left the Empire with sore eyes, and was always sick the day after. I actually had swimming lessons in the Empire, in a small pool on a lower floor than the main pool, not sure many people even knew it existed.Our bath, back in the 60's, was in the kitchen, and had a fold down lid that doubled as a table (quite a frightener if it spontaneously dropped when you were in the bath).

Wow. That brought back some memories. I was born in the tin bath generation with outside toilet, but luckily my parents eventually had a bathroom built on to the house- such luxury. I certainly remember Guildford Crescent swimming pools, where I joined a swimming club. The water was cold and things were very much better at the Empire Pool. I used to go there on Wednesday afternoons as I selected swimming as my weekly school sport. Strangely, for the annual school swimming gala, the school always went to the Llandaff open air swimming pool- awful place. The only other swimming pool that I used in Cardiff was in Llanrumney, but I have no idea if that is still open. Your point about combating disease by promoting cleanliness was something that the authorities forgot during the Covid pandemic, shutting public conveniences where you could at least wash your hands- one of the most effective ways of avoiding infection.

I think a third reason for lack of photographs is the function - it would be frowned upon to photograph semi naked people, especially women and nowadays, children.